Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
- Year
- 2016
- Status
- Built
- Firm
- Hoerr Schaudt
- Location
- Des Moines, United States
The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden represents the latest push to bring defined green space and nature into Iowa’s capital city. The project has completely transformed the lackluster site into a premier cultural institution, as well as making it the largest botanical garden in the state. The revitalized gardens were built on the foundations of the existing facilities but were designed from scratch. The site sits right on the river’s banks, but its original design all but ignored this adjacency.
The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden represents the latest push to bring defined green space and nature into Iowa’s capital city. The project has completely transformed the lackluster site into a premier cultural institution, as well as making it the largest botanical garden in the state. The revitalized gardens were built on the foundations of the existing facilities but were designed from scratch. The site sits right on the river’s banks, but its original design all but ignored this adjacency.